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This publication contains the national reports and technical papers from 14 countries in the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission region on the development and management of fishing around fish aggregating devices, presented at the meeting held in October 2001. The reports and papers are reproduced in the language in which they were presented at the meeting.
This is the report of the First Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Preparatory Meeting for the Transformation into a Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 25 and 26 March 2019. Ce document est le rapport de la Première réunion préparatoire pour la transformation de la Commission des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Ouest (COPACO) en une organisation regionale de gestion des pêches en une organisation regionale de gestion des pêches (ORGP), qui s’est tenue a Bridgetown (La Barbade) les 25 et 26 mars 2019. Este es el primer informe de la Primera reunión preparatoria de la Comisión de Pesca para el Atlántico Centro Occidental (COPACO) para la transformación en una organización regional de ordenación pesquera (OROP), celebrada en Bridgetown, Barbados, los días 25 y 26 de marzo de 2019.
The first part of the report contains an up-to-date summary of information on the Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) resources, its fisheries and management. After a discussion of the biology, the fisheries situation, management aspects and the benefits of regional cooperation, the Management Workshop led to a number of important recommendations and proposed actions, including the intention of signing in the future an Inter-Institutional Agreement.
In the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) area, large pelagics contribute only about 6% of total landings, but are nonetheless significant for many countries. Large pelagic fishes are caught in all WECAFC states, and within the WECAFC region by several distant water fishing nations. However only 19 of 40 WECAFC Member States report catches to FAO. The fisheries range in scale and technological sophistication from artisanal fishers trolling from canoes to modern commercial longliners and purse seiners (mostly from distant water fishing nations). The available information on development of small-scale and large scale fleets targeting large pelagics, indicates a significant tr...
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